Cigar.



No. 675,756; Patented lune 4, I91.

M. BEINSTEIN.

CIGAR.

'(Applicationxflled 1pm. 21, 1901.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAURICE REINSTEIN, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

CIGAR.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 675,756, dated June 4, 1901. Application filed March 21, 1901. Serial No. 52,263. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE REINSTEIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigars, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings as a part thereof:

My invention relates to the manufacture of cigars, and has for its object to introduce certain structural features which add to a smokers comfort and incidentally to remove certain features which have a tendency to make cigar-smoking offensive to others and, indeed, reflect on the health of the smoker as well. As now generally manufactured a cigar is not in condition for immediate smoking. The tip of the mouth end must first be removed, in doing which the cigar is often injured. Besides, the mouth end of the cigar does not afiord any convenient hold, except by more or less firmly compressing the teeth upon the same. Because of such lack in the present cigar it occasionally happens that the cigar is dropped from the mouth, and in holding the cigar by firmly compressing the teeth the mouth end is unconsciously ground more and more, which grinding in the presence of the moisture of the mouth rapidly converts the mouth end into a soft pulpy condition so unsightly and even offensive in appearance to others. The softening of the mouth end of the cigar causes further undesirable conditions. It is well known that soft substances placed in the mouth induce the act of chewing and increase the flow of saliva. To prevent this undesirable condition, some cigarsmokers use cigar-holders; but the use of a cigar-holder prevents the smoker from enjoying the tobacco flavor of his cigar. Smokers not using holders, on the other hand, are obliged more or less to rid the mouth of the excess saliva by expectoration, which in itself is most offensive and also has a tendency to affect the health. To overcome the objectionable features about cigar-smoking above referred to, different expedients have heretofore been resorted to, none, however, accomplishing the end desired. The mouth ends of cigars have had attached to them improvised holders constructed of metal or other substances; Such provision, however, would be open to the same, if not greater, objections than the use of a cigar-holder. To afford a convenient hold, the mouth end of the cigar has been shaped in imitation of the lip or rim on the mouthpiece of a holder; but as the mouth end becomes softened veryrapidlysuch a mouth end after a few minutes smoking would revert to the usual objectionable condition. Now in my invention the desired ends are attained by means providing all the comforts and yet in other respects in no wise interfering with the customary construction of the cigar.

It is one of the features of my invention to obtainan all-tobacco cigar, so that the enjoyment of the flavor of the tobacco would be rerained.

To attain the objects of my invention, the density of the wall about the smoke-passage, due to compression, gradually diminishes in degree and finally merges into normal compactness, so that the numerous smoke-ducts through the filling in the body of the cigar will retain their normal condition and said aperture will provide a sufficient smoke-outlet therefrom, and to render the cigar easily held in the mouth the Wall of tobacco encompassing the said smoke-passage is spread at the tip to form a lip or ridge operating as the corresponding part on the mouthpiece of a cigar-holder.

The construction of my cigar and manufacture of the same are hereinafter fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a cigar embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is apartial vertical longitudinal section centrally taken, showing the mouth end of my cigar and the contrivances employed for making such month end in conformity with the principles of my invention. central plan section illustrating the same features as have been referred to in describing Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the solidified end of the cigar.

The letters designate the parts referred to Fig. 3 is a 5 ert-ure or smoke-passagef, penetrating to the main body of the cigar. The plughas a flaring head d, a tapering body portion 61 and a concaved under surface or shoulder (1 The plugis splitlongitudinally-thatis to say, made in two partsso as to be adapted to receive a wedge (1 Said wedge operates to spread the head end of the plug (1 and in so doing spreading the tobacco-Wall at the mouth of the aperture f, formed by the plug, and the described construction of the plug cooperates with the parts a b of the mold, having recesses g, in forming the lip e at the tip of the month end of the cigar. The opposed faces of the'parts a b of the mold are so shaped as to compress the wall of tobacco about the aperture or smoke passage-way f into an absolutely solid mass immediately at the tip of the month end of the cigar, and for the distance beyond that such month end would be subjected to the grinding of the teeth, and from that point on the compression diminishes until the normal degree of compactness of the cigar-body is attained. The lip or ridge 6 is also solidly compressed. This portion of the work requires careful consideration, for, as already mentioned, the compression of the wall of tobacco about the smoke-passage f must be so applied as to provide the required solidity at the tip, and yet not obstruct the smoke-ducts through the filling at the point of juncture between the month end and body of the cigar, and, further, to allow such smokepassage to constitute an outlet through which the smoke may be drawn from said smokeducts. While compressing the part a on the part b of the mold the plug (Z cooperates to produce the solid wall of tobacco about the smoke passage-way. The cigar having been subjected to the described treatment and being ready for removal, the construction of the plug d facilitates the withdrawal of the same without injuring the interior face of the smoke-passage f, for by withdrawing in the first instance the wedge 61 the two parts of the plug become loosened and may be readily extracted. The mold shown is further adapted to compress the mouth end h into an oval form found comfortable to the mouth of the smoker. The solid compression of the month end of the cigar gives the same a very neat finish and renders it sufficiently impervious to the moisture of the mouth as not to be converted into a pulpy mass by the grinding action of the teeth, while at the same time the outer covering or wrapper of the cigar will still impart to the tongue of the smoker that tobacco flavor which is generally enjoyed. If deemed preferable, the wrapper may be put on after the cigar has been subjected to the described treatment, such treatment being applied immediately after the tobacco has been rolled into cigar form in its binder. In the drawings the described construction of my cigar has to be more or less exaggerated for the sake of clearness. In actual practice the shape of the month end of the cigar could be made of graceful form without sacrificing any of the features specified. The smokepassage through the mouth end would not have to be larger than that of the usual mouthpiece of a holder, and the ridge or rim e being proportioned to the same standard.

The point of novelty claimed over the present state of the art is, specifically stated, a cigar having its end solidified without the employment of a secondary elementi. 0., wax-paper, cement, or the likeit being only necessary to obtain sufficient pressure as will readily compress the tobacco fibers into a solid mass.

I am aware that tobacco has heretofore been compressed into a solid cylindrical body designed to imitate and to resemble a cigar and provided with a perforation or perforations throughout its entire length. Such an article of manufacture is not to be considered in any wise as a cigar. Its structure is wholly unlike that of a cigar, and it will not smoke like a cigar. I am also aware that cigars have heretofore been made without tips and provided with an aperture to insure a smokedraft. Such, however, is not by itself a feature of my invention. It is only one of the features which combines with the described other elements of my invention to produce the desired result. It is also known in the art to solidify the month end of a cigarette without changing its shape by dipping said end in wax or the equivalent. However, all of these modes of bringing together the particles of tobacco do not disclose the features of my invention. It is my purpose to solely solidify the month end of the cigar by compressing the tobacco into this state. Hence an additional element is dispensed with and an article having a threefold function is producedt'. 6., a flattened solidified portion, a ridge, and a duct through said solidified end.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a cigar made of tobacco having a smoke -passage through the month end, the tobacco about said passage being compressed into a solidified mass diminishing in degrees of compactness to normal state toward the cigar-body, so as not to obstruct the numerous smokeducts between the particles of the filling in the body portion and allow said passage to constitute a smoke-outlet therefrom and the too tip of the cigar having a flaring, solid lip, or In testimony whereof I have hereunto afridge, as e, substantially as described. fixed my signature, in the presence of two wit- 2. As a new article of manufacture, a cigar nesses, this 6th day of March, 1901. made of tobacco having its mouth end pressed MAURICE REINSTEIN. 5 to a solidified mass forming a reduced por- Witnesses:

tion, a perforation being formed in said so- J. A.'TRAVIS, lidified end, substantially as described. ISIDOR HIRSCH. 

